UNIVERSIDAD AUTÒNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGOINSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD

ÀREA ACADÈMICA DE NUTRICIÒN

ENGLISH III“Important events of 00´s”

TEACHER: Lorena Cruz GarcíaALUMNA: Estela Romo Hernández

Semester: 3ª Group: 2

2000Vincente Fox was elected president of Mexico, after 70 years of

PRI government.

2001On september

11th USA suffered a

terrorist attack and the twin Towers were destroyed

2002The tanker

Prestige sinks off the Galician

coast (Spain), causing an ecological

disaster of great magnitude

2004• A tsunami (tidal wave) in the Indian

Ocean devastated Southeast Asia and causes more than 280,000 deaths.

2004• On May 6, 2004 culminated the hit TV

series Friends, after of 10 seasons and over 225 episodes.

2005• Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New

Orleans.

2006

Fidel Castro fell ill and left

the presidency of Cuba to his brother and

First Vice President

Raul.

2008

Barack Obama becomes the first African American

to be elected president of the United States (November 4).

2009

Death of Michael Jackson, King of

Pop